This "Cinderella" is not your Disney Cinderella. Unlike most other musicals, this musical was written for television. Rodgers and Hammerstein created an extravaganza that was actually inspired by Disney's success with "Snow White". According to the program, when Cinderella was first shown on TV, it boasted an audience of over 100 million. It was estimated that if it had been a Broadway musical, it would have had to play to standing room only crowds for 110 years to equal that size audience.
But, again, Tuacahn has used their unique outdoor theater to make the show even more outstanding than it might normally have been. There was a real horse-drawn carriage (2 actually, 1 normal looking and a second one looking vaguely like a pumpkin); a flying fairy godmother; the ability of the prince and Cinderella to dance 20 feet above the palace ballroom floor; and, of course, a small fireworks display to cap the evening.
Even though it had been made abundantly clear in all the publications that this was not the Disney version of "Cinderella", almost everyone felt a little disappointed. Those of us who had seen "My Fair Lady" the previous evening noticed that there was just no comparison in the quality. Sort of like seeing a Shakespeare play followed by Monte Python. "Cinderella" was worth seeing but if you have to pick one, pick "My Fair Lady."
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